TOWNSHEND, VT—Grace Cottage Foundation announced today that Patricia Mack of Grafton, Vermont, has been elected to its Board of Directors. Born in and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mack graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. in Interior Design. She worked as a designer at Ethan Allen in Connecticut, and later ran her own interior decorating company. She and her husband moved to Grafton in 1979, where they owned and operated several businesses including Partridge in a Pantry in Stratton and Mack’s Place Eatery in Grafton. Mack has served on the Grafton Select Board and Grafton Planning Board. She is currently an Auditor for the Town of Grafton. “We are delighted to welcome Pat Mack to the Foundation Board,” said Roger Allbee, CEO of Grace Cottage Hospital. “Her dedication to Grace Cottage Hospital is well known. Her experience in business will benefit Grace Cottage enormously.”